Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Granada, Nicaragua: The Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral also called Granada Cathedral is a neoclassical Catholic cathedral located in Granada, Nicaragua, 40 kilometres southeast of Managua. The church is the main temple of the Diocese of Granada, and its bishop is Jorge Solórzano Pérez. Wikipedia
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Asunción Cathedral, Paraguay: The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption It is the main Catholic church in Asunción. It is located in the neighborhood La Catedral, in the historic center of the capital of Paraguay. It was the first diocese of the Río de la Plata. Wikipedia
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption, Baltimore, 2019.
The first Roman Catholic cathedral in the US, the now basilica was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the first professionally trained architect in what is now the US and justly famed for the US Capitol among his major works in Washington, DC. In the 1950s the cathedral function was transferred to a modern building north of the business district.
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“There is an ascetic imperative, an utter necessity to enter into the struggle that is Christ’s own struggle. We fast because Christ in us fasts. We pray because Christ in us prays. We forgive because Christ in us forgives. We love because Christ in us loves. We give because Christ in us gives. Such a life is a sign of contradiction, a repudiation of the world’s claims to be ‘normal’ or ‘just the way things are.’ The life of Christ is the true life of the world, the purpose of all things.
People came to Christ with this question: ‘What must we do to be saved?’ Ultimately, the answer is, ‘Do Christ.’ We walk in Him and He walks in us. This is the ascetic imperative. This is the crucified life of grace, the salvation of the world.”
~Fr. Stephen Freeman, From The Ascetic Imperative - A Matter of Communion
(Photo © dramoor 2014 Assumption of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Denver, Colorado)
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Ajijic and Guadalajara
We are wrapping up our two weeks in Ajijic. Generally taking it pretty easy, which was the idea after all.
It's generally pretty quiet here. Of course, it's Mexico so there are the roosters and dogs, but since the nights are cool, we can close up and they don't bother us.
BUT, and it's a BIG BUT the neighbor here had a big party last Friday and Saturday nights. The loud music started about 5 PM and ended about 5 AM both nights. Both houses have walls around the yard, but it makes little difference. Inside with the doors and windows closed it's not too bad but still irritating. Apparently this is pretty common around here. So if you are coming to Ajijic pack earplugs!!!
We've made two trips to Guadalajara. The first was on a Friday, which was not a good idea. The traffic was bad going in and worse coming out in the afternoon.
We went to Bosque Los Colomos, a large park first. We walked around some, but it would doubtless be much better in the rainy season when more is green.
We went to the Japanese Garden, which was nice, but fairly small. But Japanese gardens squeeze a lot of green and features into a small area. It was pretty popular.
Cathie was still pretty low energy and was walking really slowly, so we didn't try to do more.
Our second stop was Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Zapopan, a Franciscan church and abby. It's the big Catholic Pilgrimage site in this part of Mexico.
Among the statues of saints and such I noticed this statue of Our Lady of Transit. My guess is she probably died waiting for a bus.
Then we decided it was time to had back and we hit the traffic of everyone else trying to get out of town. A one hour trip took two ans a half, so we were all pretty tired by the time we got back to the house.
The second time we tried to be smarter and went Sunday morning.
We started at the Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in central Guadalajara. It contains altars dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of Zapopan (patron saint of Guadalajara), Saint Dominic, St. Nicholas, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Christopher and St. John of God, I guess there should be someone there for most issues you might have.
It's a large stone structure that looks to be in great shape, but I see it has suffered earthquake damage many time including in 2003. It's made of Cantera stone, a volcanic ash based stone common in México.
In the plaza beside the church they were constructing a large sculpture made of wood laths. It worked surrisingly well.
Then we walked to the Templo Expiatorio del Santísimo Sacramento, a Gothic style church, also of the same stone.
We also stopped at MUSA a small art museum associated with the local university. The murals in the theater were especially striking.
They seem to relate school to hell.
After that we hit a couple of the downtown markets plus the street markets along the way. I think we bought nothing. Yea!
On the way to the market we passed by the Teatro Delgado, a handsome building, but we were not able to get inside.
With that it was time for the drive back to our Ajijic home. Not too bad on a Sunday, but we are finding that the engine and air conditioning both overheat in slow traffic.
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What kind of music they like? Which one of them wears headphones all the time? Which one of them should be use headphones?
gideon: roxanne, heat of the moment, fortunate son, black hole sun, joan jett etc. she does listen to danger days but she will not say she likes mcr because people start making assumptions about her. she mainly likes that album and occasionally listens to save yourself, ill hold them back a concerning amount of times in a row
pal: classical when hes studying, ska for the hype
cam: house music, brass/horns heavy stuff. also likes ska and guitar-heavy songs
dulcinea: 2000s party music, R&B and jazz
harrow: cathedral nuns singing (9 hours), muttering radio channel (20 hours)
PSA: please do not send asks asking characters their opinions on singular songs/song genres/tv shows/movies. they are too specific to spend time listening, thinking, and drawing an answer to and they will be ignored
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